Pictured are two homes surrounded by water. One is brick and the other wood. In front of the home on the right is a rowboat with a seated figure. At the door of the wooden house stands a woman and two children. In front of the brick house, but...

Originally titled: Our Architectural Heritage in 1976, the name was changed to Historic Homes by 1982. Seventy eight Jeffersonville and Clarksville buildings are highlighted in this program. They include businesses with living quarters on upper...

The address of this home when it was built was 401 Front Street, but now it is 401 East Riverside Drive. In 1905, it was the home of Jeffersonville's Mayor, Henry Burts and his family. The Mayor, a democrat, was in office from 1904 to 1906. in...

Flight. Girl Scouts of Singing Sands. "This booklet has been created especially for you and your troop. It is a flight plan for adventure. Whether you want indoor or outdoor activities, trips, conservation, homemaking, or the arts, it is all...

This image shows the southern third of the state of Indiana, laid out by counties. The designer of the slide program used this image, from a later time than the Illinois Grant, to trace out the boundary of the Illinois grant, showing that it...

A blueprint copy from the Plat book (number 3.1. The map takes up less than half the right hand side of the page and indicated the town borders, the Ohio River, and different streams or creeks. An emblem graces the page just below the bend in the...

211 East Riverside was built before 1830 as a duplex in the Federal style. While the house looks the same on both sides of the front, the bricks are slightly different colors to distinguish the two homes. Both entrances are right of center. The...

This image shows a two story log home with either an ell attached at the back, or a separate kitchen behind the home. Smoke is coming from the chimney. The house itself is perched on top of a bluff overlooking the Ohio River and is high enough for...

The main image crossed the bottom two thirds of the picture. It is a copy of a painting by Benjamin Henry Latrobe, the younger (1860-1878), showing the area of Rock Island. The view shows both the Indiana shoreline as it curves, but also the...

This picture shows the location of various Indian Nations in the Northwest Territory, and specifically the area known as Indiana. Ada Louise Duckwall and Otho Winger created this map for his book, The Last of the Miamis.

This map shows the after affects of the 1795 Treaty of Greenville. Most of Indiana became available for settlement by non-native peoples. The treaty covers what we now know as Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. Some of the Great Lakes and the areas that...

This poster is advertising the 12 Creoles, a big band popular in the 1920s that played often at the Savoy in Chicago. The Crytal Ball Room, built c.1925 at the south end of Bass Lake, was a popular place through the 1960's. It featured big bands...

Originally the location of the Stauss Hotel, this corner building no longer exists, having been torn down sometime between 1983 and 2015. The original hotel building, a three story building with cellar, was badly damaged in teh March 1890 tornado,...

This photograph provides an example of a log cabin standing around 1800. Behind and to the right is a flat area cleared of woods and used for planting or grazing as two cows can be seen at the edge closest to the cabin. At the front and left is a...

This slide shows William Henry Harrison. He is shown in his younger years, perhaps in his 30's, He is wearing a high colored shirt and jacket, with a tie indicative of the early 1800's. The jacket has a good amount of braid and epaulets and is...

This map shows just the area of Clark County, Indiana as it was originally drawn in 1801. Two towns are identified, Clarksville and Springville. The western border ran along the Blew (Blue) River north to the East Fork White River to a point on the...